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york street individual gardens

With over 700 species of Colorado native plants in our collections, the collections are displayed throughout the gardens in both naturalistic landscapes and more modern designs.

In addition to Colorado natives, our collections are enriched with other Western North American native plants. A perfect example of the Western landscape is Yuccarama, featuring a diverse collection of yuccas that greet you as you enter the Gardens.

Please enjoy a show featuring some of our gardens. Click the links below to see all of our gardens.

Marnie’s Pavilion

Orchids, ferns and bromeliads spring from crevices in the two-story rock display.

Greenhouse Complex

Enjoy a behind-the-scenes view from the Orangery into the propagation and collections greenhouses.

Orangery

This transitional space features displays reminiscent of traditional European Renaissance gardens.

Rock Alpine Garden

Home to a valuable collection of plants from high elevation regions around the world.

Roads Water-Smart Garden

This drought-tolerant garden combines native plants with many others suited to Denver’s climate.

Japanese Garden

Native plants add Western character to this traditionally designed garden.

Green Roof

A living laboratory for drought-tolerant green roof plants.

Plant Select Garden

Displays a bold new palette of plants that thrive in our variable winters and hot summers.

Dryland Mesa

This was the first public xeriscape demonstration garden, featuring drought-tolerant plants of the West.

O’Fallon Perennial Walk

A modern American interpretation of a traditional English border mixing shrubs, grasses and perennials.

learn more about our 43 individual gardens

All-America Selections
Anna's Overlook
Birds and Bees Walk
Boettcher Memorial Tropical Conservatory
Community Garden at Congress Park
Conservation Garden
Darlene Radichel Plant Select Garden
Dryland Mesa
El Pomar Waterway
Gates Montane Garden
Greenhouse Complex
Green Roof
Herb Garden
Japanese Garden
June's PlantAsia
Lainie's Cutting Garden
Laura Smith Porter Plains Garden
Le Potager
Lilac Garden
Marnie’s Pavilion
May Bonfils-Stanton Memorial Rose Garden
Mordecai Children’s Garden
  Nexus Berm
Oak Grove
O'Fallon Perennial Walk
Orangery
Ornamental Grasses Garden
Parking Garage and Streetscape
Rock Alpine Garden
Romantic Gardens
Sacred Earth
Sensory Garden
Scripture Garden
Shady Lane
South African Plaza
Victorian Secret Garden
Water Gardens
Water-Smart Garden
Welcome Garden
Western Panoramas
Wildflower Treasures
Woodland Mosaic
Yuccarama
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what's blooming?



See orchids and bromeliads
Enjoy indoor waterfalls, the Orangery and the orchid display in Marnie's Pavilion. 
See highlights of what's blooming inside and outside in February.

Come to our York Street café!
Visit Offshoots for
breakfast, lunch
or an afternoon
snack. Enjoy a
latte, surf the
Web via free Wi-Fi,
work remotely and relax
in one of the cushy chairs or at the laptop bar that looks out on vistas of gardens.
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